OT: World Rallye...I know why they crash

I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers like Tommy Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some foreign language :) dave henrie

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I find having a co-driver very distracting...they should ban them. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fRVk8.57382$q2.6881@sccrnsc01... > I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers likeTommy > Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some > foreign language :) > dave henrie > >

Listen to the co-driver of SAINZ, I think his name is Luis MOYA, he can say more words in 1 seconds than you (or me) in 3... "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: fRVk8.57382$q2.6881@sccrnsc01... > I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers likeTommy > Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some > foreign language :) > dave henrie > >

Thats the guy.... - this is what I hear when he's reading notes blagalar blagalah tblehhhhh, ethla blagala rooooo, egatha neeee, blaghhethla bolloga noooo Say it very very quickly - you'll see ( or hear) what I mean Doug "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c946323$0$3192$[email hidden]... > Listen to the co-driver of SAINZ, I think his name is Luis MOYA, he cansay

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> more words in 1 seconds than you (or me) in 3... > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: > fRVk8.57382$q2.6881@sccrnsc01... > > I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers like > Tommy > > Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some > > foreign language :) > > dave henrie > > > > > >

I know I'd hate having a "wife" in the car when I'm racing. :) MadDAWG

I'd only pay attention to two words out of the co-drivers mouth: "DON'T CUT" Everything else is nothing but "weather reports," where his guess is as good as yours! ....lol.... Anybody notice the CM is losing his touch...his "edge" that has made him a great rally driver? Maybe its just my imagination......but he does not look "crisp" behind the wheel....to me, at least. TP PS: Shows what I know.......I ran the RT demo for three weeks.....and kept looking for the "Titans".....I thought it was some kind of big tree they had in Russia? .......lol...... "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c946323$0$3192$[email hidden]... > Listen to the co-driver of SAINZ, I think his name is Luis MOYA, he cansay

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> more words in 1 seconds than you (or me) in 3... > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: > fRVk8.57382$q2.6881@sccrnsc01... > > I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers like > Tommy > > Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some > > foreign language :) > > dave henrie > > > > > >

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 11:59:24 -0500, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I know I'd hate having a "wife" in the car when I'm racing. :) > >MadDAWG Be sure to patch Rally Trophy to 1.01 then... :-)

"Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<c75l8.63258$[email hidden]>... > Anybody notice the CM is losing his touch...his "edge" that has made him a > great rally driver? Maybe its just my imagination......but he does not look > "crisp" behind the wheel....to me, at least. I kinda think if Colin lost his edge it would be a good thing. He has to be *the* most reckless rally driver in the modern era, at least among those who have been moderately successful. Also, I can't believe a guy wins one championship 7 years ago and people still talk about him like he's some phenom. In the meantime, Makinen has won 4. And which one is a household name... Jason

>"Douglas Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote > blagalar blagalah tblehhhhh, ethla blagala rooooo, egatha neeee,blaghhethla > bolloga noooo > > Say it very very quickly - you'll see ( or hear) what I mean Hehehe "It's funny because it's true". -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://www.ymenard.8m.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

Have you noticed that shiiiiiiit is the same in any language :-), Craig "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fRVk8.57382$q2.6881@sccrnsc01... > I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers likeTommy > Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some > foreign language :) > dave henrie > >

Tommi Makinen. Just like Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell and a whole bunch of other drivers who have got to the absolute pinnacle of their sport, he only did it because he was sat in the best car. The Evo's Active Yaw Control and the entire design (making the car unstable and letting the computer drive it, like new fighter planes) made it easier to drive than anything else around. Everybody is sliding through corners, struggling for traction, making precise steering inputs, inches from slamming into the side of a house, when he just points the car where he wants it to go and it does. Most motor racing fans I know in England like Colin more than any other driver (even Richard Burns) because when he is pushing hard, it looks so amazing. Every other driver moderates pushing hard with getting to the finish in one piece (as perfectly shown by Burns's championship last year, only winning one round), except Colin, who goes for broke. Michael Schumacher can do the same thing - drive absolutely on the limit and be good enough to keep the car on the road if it gets a bit loose. Nobody else in F1 (even JPM, yet) can do it, nobody else in WRC can do it. That is why people like these drivers, they look like they are on the ragged edge, and it is exciting to watch. Witness Makinen sliding off on the water in the French Rally - nobody else who went before him (and in the new order of the slowest go first) slid off, but he managed it. Why? Because he doesn't have the skill to control a car when it is sliding like that. Colin does. I like Colin for his driving skills. I don't give a shit how many championships somebody has won. Hakkinen = 2, Moss = 0. Moss was sooo much better than Hakkinen it hurt writing that last sentence. Okay? Rant over.

"Craig" <[email hidden]> writes: > Have you noticed that shiiiiiiit is the same in any language :-), It was very entertaining to listen to Makinen's car when they found out that their notes was a few turns too short. A nice tutorial of finnish swearing :)

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> Craig > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fRVk8.57382$q2.6881@sccrnsc01... > > I've been watching the WRC coverage and figured out why drivers like > Tommy > > Makinen crash....They can't understand thier co-drivers...speaking some > > foreign language :) > > dave henrie > > > > > >

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> > Tommi Makinen. Just like Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell and > a whole bunch of other drivers who have got to the absolute pinnacle > of their sport, he only did it because he was sat in the best car. The > Evo's Active Yaw Control and the entire design (making the car > unstable and letting the computer drive it, like new fighter planes) > made it easier to drive than anything else around. Everybody is > sliding through corners, struggling for traction, making precise > steering inputs, inches from slamming into the side of a house, when > he just points the car where he wants it to go and it does. Most motor > racing fans I know in England like Colin more than any other driver > (even Richard Burns) because when he is pushing hard, it looks so > amazing. Every other driver moderates pushing hard with getting to the > finish in one piece (as perfectly shown by Burns's championship last > year, only winning one round), except Colin, who goes for broke. > Michael Schumacher can do the same thing - drive absolutely on the > limit and be good enough to keep the car on the road if it gets a bit > loose. Nobody else in F1 (even JPM, yet) can do it, nobody else in WRC > can do it. That is why people like these drivers, they look like they > are on the ragged edge, and it is exciting to watch. Witness Makinen > sliding off on the water in the French Rally - nobody else who went > before him (and in the new order of the slowest go first) slid off, > but he managed it. Why? Because he doesn't have the skill to control a > car when it is sliding like that. Colin does. I like Colin for his > driving skills. I don't give a shit how many championships somebody > has won. Hakkinen = 2, Moss = 0. Moss was sooo much better than > Hakkinen it hurt writing that last sentence. Okay? Rant over.

I'm sorry, but I wholeheartedly disagree with you on Tommi Makinen Mitsubishi was nothing before Tommi arrived, and they are nothing now, even with guys like McCrae and Delecour they are nowhere to be seen in the results list, furthermore, Tommi was head and shoulders above his teammate, and even though most Rally "experts" will admit that Mitsubishi tailored their car to suit Tommi, much like Ferrari does with MS, it still takes quite a talent to claim 4 WC's I do agree with you about Colin McCrae though, he's one of the few drivers who make the WRC cars exciting to watch, 4WD <ptoi>, I have a tape somewhere with Ari Vataanen sliding his (RWD) Opel Manta 400 around a 4th gear bend on wet tarmac while waving to the camera crew, 1983 RAC Rally or something, and his Escort days was something else.....can I blame Max and Berine for ruining Rallying as well ? No ? Dang, guess that was before Max joined the show, and we can't blame *everything* on Bernie, although I'm sure he would have managed just fine given the chance Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life" --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--